vocab #2 Flashcards
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way (SYN: buttonhole, approach)
accost
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval (SYN; rebuke, reproof)
animadversion
desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager (SYN: keen, enthusiastic, grasping)
avid
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink (SYN: saline)
brackish
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action (SYN: promptness, speed)
celerity
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way (SYN: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful)
devious
in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type (SYN: ploy, ruse, maneuver)
gambit
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.): of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent (SYN: tranquil, placid, palmy)
halcyon
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic (SYN: affected, stagy)
histrionic
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction (SYN: chaos, turbulence, tumult)
maelstrom
deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.): one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist ; one who causes strife
incendiary
nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment (SYN: shortsighted)
myopic
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized (SYN: clear, obvious, manifest, patent)
overt
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
pejorative
the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.): standards of what is proper and socially acceptable (SYN: fitness, correctness)
propriety
